BBC6 年
Where World War One finally ended
The contribution of African soldiers to the war effort has often been overlooked A fortnight after Europe marked the 100th anniversary of the armistice that brought World War One to a close ...
BBC20 小时
Reasons for the outbreak of World War One
Britain and its world-wide empire entered the conflict and World War One began. The war in Europe spread to Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, as British, French, and German colonies were attacked ...
BBC8 年
World War One: The global conflict that defined a century
The first shots of World War One are fired in Africa. By 1914 the German Empire has four colonies in East, West and South Africa. British and French forces invade Togoland the site of a key German ...
Africa Has Entered a New Era of War
An unprecedented explosion of conflicts has carved a trail of death and destruction across Africa—yet gone largely unnoticed ...
BBC1 年
World War One: Six extraordinary Indian stories
World War One's great Western writers - from Wilfred ... He served in Belgium, France and East Africa from 1914 to 1917, and he was wounded three times. But his most extraordinary exploit was ...